Extra Credit

Zero Trust (NIST SP 800-207)

Official docs outline

9 sections
  1. Zero Trust Tenets

    Seven tenets: resource-centric access, per-session authorization and continuous posture assessment.

  2. Logical Components

    Policy engine, policy administrator and policy enforcement point.

  3. Deployment Variations

    Enhanced identity governance, micro-segmentation and software-defined perimeter approaches.

  4. Threats to Zero Trust Architecture

    Subversion of decision process, DoS and stolen credentials.

  5. Migrating to Zero Trust

    Steps for moving an enterprise toward ZTA.

  6. SP 800-207A Cloud-Native ZTA

    Identity-based segmentation for multi-cloud and cloud-native applications.

  7. SP 1800-35 Implementing ZTA

    Example zero trust implementations.

  8. CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model

    Pillars of identity, devices, networks, applications and data.

  9. OWASP Zero Trust Architecture

    Developer-focused zero trust guidance.

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